James Pleasants

James Pleasants (24 October 1769-9 November 1836) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-VA 16) from 4 March 1811 to 3 March 1813 (interrupting John Wayles Eppes' terms) and from VA 17 from 4 March 1813 to 14 December 1819 (succeeding Thomas Gholson, Jr. and preceding William S. Archer); a US Senator from Virginia from 14 December 1819 to 15 December 1822 (succeeding Eppes and preceding John Taylor); and Governor of Virginia from 1 December 1822 to 10 December 1825 (succeeding Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. and preceding John Tyler).

Biography
James Pleasants was born in Cold Comfort, Virginia in 1769, and he became a lawyer in Amelia County in 1791. He served in the House of Delegates from 1797 to 1802 and from 1803 to 1811, in the US House of Representatives from 1811 to 1819, in the US Senate from 1819 to 1822, and as Governor from 1822 to 1825. He died in 1836.